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• Ageia updates "PhysX" engine for Playstation 3
  Tuesday 21 March 2006 – 06:58
  Ageia today announced version 2.4 of its PhysX software development kit (SDK), which includes performance updates for physics simulations on Sony's upcoming game console Playstation 3 (PS3).
• Ageia physics SDK now supports Vista 64-bit, Linux
  Tuesday 3 October 2006 – 07:26
  Ageia today announced version 2.6 of its "PhysX" software development kit (SDK), which integrates support for different Linux flavors as well as the 64-bit variant of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
• GDC 2006: Ageia announces "PhysX" physics processor
  Wednesday 22 March 2006 – 09:00
  Ageia today launched its long awaited PhysX processor. As IP firm, Ageia will not not manufacture PhysX cards but license the technology to card manufactureres instead. BFG and Asus will bring Ageia-based physics boards to the market later this year.
• Nvidia acquires Ageia
  Tuesday 5 February 2008 – 10:20 in Business
  Nvidia announced that it will acquire Ageia, maker of physics accelerator chips and cards.
• BFG to offer Ageia PhysX boards
  Thursday 1 September 2005 – 09:27
  BFG, graphics card manufacturer based in the northern suburbs of Chicago, today announced that it will be offering 128 MByte PCI Express add-in cards built around Ageia's physics engine by the end of this year.

• Can Ageia's PhysX Card Bring Real-World Physics to Games?*
  Monday 19 June 2006 – 12:12
  Ageia says its new physics processing device and engine will do nothing less than revolutionize PC gaming. We gauge just how well Ageia's PPU (physics processing unit) can handle flying debris and shrapnel in Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter - which you can also see for yourself by downloading our video.
• Is Ageia's PhysX Failing?*
  Wednesday 19 July 2006 – 01:42
  Thanks to a forum member, the Cell Factor demo can runs either with or without the formerly 'required' PhysX accelerator card. Our tests reveal astonishing performance differences.